Horse Racing

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin try to spot a winner in the paddock at Colonial Downs Racetrack in New Kent, Va. on Saturday, August 12 during ‘Festival of Racing.” NEW KENT — On Saturday, I had a hay day at Colonial Downs Racetrack’s “Festival of Racing.” Princess Anne Hunt chose the

2023 King’s Plate Entries 2023 King’s Plate Entries Stanley House is the second choice on the morning line at 4-1 and will break from post 1. Date: 08/16/2023 The post positions for Sunday’s $1 million King’s Plate Stakes were selected during a special breakfast ceremony on Wednesday morning at the Trackside Clubhouse on the outside

A total of 283 horses have been catalogued for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearling Sale. The auction will be held Sept. 26 in Pomona, with bidding slated to begin at 11 a.m. PT. “This sale is the focal point for all those wanting to participate in the lucrative California-bred program, and this year’s catalogue

2023 Best Pal Stakes 2023 Best Pal Stakes Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Flavien Prat with Prince of Monaco after winning the 2023 Best Pal Stakes Date: 8/13/2023 The highlight race on Saturday at Del Mar was the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G3) for two-year-olds sprinting 6 furlongs on the main track. Conditions were excellent

Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Officials for the Preakness Stakes say they are considering moving the second Triple Crown race to four weeks after the Kentucky Derby — instead of two weeks later — in a shift that would change the timing that has been in place for decades. Aidan Butler, CEO

In the absence of Godolphin standout and GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Rebel’s Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the role of morning-line favorite for Saturday’s feature at Virginia’s Colonial Downs fell to GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational winner Atone (Into Mischief). A Godolphin-bred gelded son of leading sire Into Mischief, the Michael Maker trainee,

Churchill Downs announced Thursday it would roll back one of the safety initiatives put in place following the deaths of 12 horses in the Spring Meet. When racing resumes at the famed track in September, every owner and trainer will again receive a payout each time their horse runs, regardless of finish. During a Kentucky

The 2022/2023 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The 2022/2023 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame ring given to human inductees. Date: 8/09/2023 On Wednesday night the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame welcomed its 2022 and 2023 classes at an induction ceremony and dinner held

KJ Desparado stamped his mark as quarter horse racing’s all-time leading money earner after winning a 400-yard allowance race on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino. The 4-year-old gelding earned $23,760 after winning the $39,600 race and now has earned $2,796,363, which shot him past the previous mark of $2,781,365. Ochoa was the

In an open letter from AZHBPA President Lloyd Yother to Arizona horsemen released on Monday, he vowed to “fight like hell” to ensure racing in the state is not dead. Yother’s letter is in response to Turf Paradise officials announcing last week that the track won’t open as usual in November as the sale of

Associated Press Aug 6, 2023, 06:57 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A 4-year-old filly broke down in the fourth race at Saratoga and was euthanized on Sunday, the second consecutive day a racing death occurred at the track in upstate New York. Ever Summer sustained a catastrophic injury to her left front leg in

2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Adare Manor after winning the 2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Date: 8/5/2023 The highlight race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the main track, looking for automatic entry

Associated Press Aug 5, 2023, 07:47 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Maple Leaf Mel was leading the field in the $500,000 Test at Saratoga when she suffered a catastrophic injury to her right front leg just before the finish line and was later euthanized on Saturday. Jockey Joel Rosario was unseated and went to

Aug. 5—JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Fair is known for harness racing and nothing beats the sound of thundering hooves as they race to the finish line. Enjoy the excitement of harness racing at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and at 5 p.m. Thursday as some of Ohio‘s best two-and three-year-old horses compete. Bet you didn’t know

Owner Tom Brockley admitted he had moderate expectations when Brocknardini (Palace Malice) went to the post for the first time Wednesday at Saratoga. “In my mind, she was really more of a dirt horse, but this race came up and she was ready to go,” Brockley, who owns the 2-year-old filly with his wife, Daryn,

The fine sight of racing on the South Downs – Action Images/Matthew Childs One of the highlights of the the racing calendar gets under way on August 1 as the the Qatar Goodwood Festival is under starter’s orders on the South Downs. Better known as Glorious Goodwood it is one of the must-see flat racing

Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 01:46 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky Derby that spurred suspension of its spring meet. Racing is scheduled to resume

The hometown hero got it done. Facing an exceptionally deep field of sprinters in Saturday’s ‘Win and You’re In’ GI Bing Crosby S. at Del Mar, it was the California-bred The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) who got the money. He, however, is not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup and would have to be supplemented for this